Awards
- 2019: Eva Luise Köhler Research Award for Rare Diseases
2019 (Eva Luise Köhler Forschungspreis für seltene Erkrankungen 2019)
- 2009: Innovation Prize for Young Researchers 2009 (Innovationspreis: Kategorie Nachwuchs) of North-Rhine Westphalia
Societies
- President of the German Society for Aging Research (DGfA) www.alternsforschung.org
- Vice President of the German Society for DNA Repair (DGDR) www.dgdr.de
- Member of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) www.yacadeuro.org